Prishtina, 01 June 2012 – The Minister of Economic Development (MED) Besim Beqaj received today a delegation of businessmen from Turkey, and expressed his highest appreciations for the economic and politic cooperation between the Republic of Kosovo and Republic of Turkey.

During the meeting, the group of businessmen from Turkey, lead by the members of the National Assembly of Turkey, Rifat Sait and Muzaffer Yurittas, Minister Beqaj said that Kosovo and Turkey have numerous ties and underlined the remarkable cooperation between the two countries.

Also, Minister Beqaj explained concrete activities and projects that fall under the MED mandate to Turkish businessmen, while emphasizing the need to establish mutual partnerships between companies of both countries.

On the other hand, member Yurittas underlined Turkey’s eagerness to support Kosovo in the sphere of economy, and expressed the readiness of Turkish companies to engage in the field of agriculture, livestock, textile and other fields.
He stressed that Turkey will continue to support Kosovo from the economic and politic perspective.